Butter measurer and cutter.



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BUTTER MEASURER AND CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY as, 1908.

924,642. 'Patented June 15,1909.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID F. ()UR'IIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BUTTER LIEASURER AND CUTTER.

No. 924,642. Specification of Application filed July 28,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID F. CURTIN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have made certain newand useful Improvements in Butter Measurers and Cutters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for cutting butter andsimultaneously measuring the quantity ol the same, the object of myinvention being to provide a simple and eilicient device by means ofwhich butter may be cut into prints or blocks and conveniently separatedfrom the rest of the butter in the tub or package, the prints or blocksbeing of predetermined weight, there by dispensing with the necessity ofweighting the butter, as is now commonly done.

ith these and other objects in view my invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, arrangement and combinaol parts, as willbe hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my device; Fig. 2 is a rear view of same; Fig. 3 isa vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, andFig. 5 is a perspective view of the slide which carries and operates thecutting wire, the view showing the plate which holds the ends of cuttingwire in place.

In carrying out my invention I use a boxlike mold or structure open atthe front and bottom as shown in Fig. 1, the top piece 1 has secured toit the side walls 2, 2, by means of the angle plates 3, 3, the rear wall4 ol' the mold may be integral with the side walls or secured to same inany suitable manner, it being secured to the top plate by the extension5.

The top plate or wall 1 is provided with a circular aperture throughwhich the cylindrical computing chart 6 passes; this cylindricalcomputing chart also constitutes the handle of the plunger for ejectingthe block of butter from the mold. At each side of the aperture throughwhich the plunger 6 passes are located smaller apertures 7, 7, throughwhich pass threaded bolts 8, 8, the lower ends of said bolts screwinginto a flat circular ring 9 which surrounds the plunger 6 fitting saidplunger loosely and being normally held suspended by the bolts 8slightly below a vertical flange 10 extending downwardly from the topwall 1 of the mold.

Letters Patent. Patented June 15, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 445,718.

The handle or plunger 6 which is tubular, has as stated a computingchart 6 delineated thereon by means of which any given quantity ofbutter at a given price may be provided "for, this is done by means oi'a split clamp ring 11 having the ends 11 turned at an angle, and aheaded bolt 12 passing through said ends on the threaded end of the boltis threaded a nut while to the head of the bolt is pivoted the cam cars12 01' a lever 13, by means of which the angular ends oi the split ring11 may be drawn toward each other to clamp said split ring on thetubular computing chart at any desired point. Secured to the split ringis a curved spring plate 14, one end of said plate being secured to saidsplit ring and then curving around the plunger, being sprung awaysomewhat from the same, the free end 15 being bent at substantially aright angle to the rest of the plate.

T o the bottom of the tubular plunger rod 6 is secured a plunger plate16 which fits within the walls oi the mold being free to slide up anddown between the same.

At the back of the mold is disposed an auxiliary chamber 17 within whichis disposed the slide 17 which carries the cutting wire 19, in the sidewalls 18 of the auxiliary chamher, and near their edge the grooves 20are made, said grooves running straight a suitable distance and thencurving as indicated by dotted lines 21 in Fig. 3. The cutting wire hasits upper ends 19 bent inwardly, said. ends lying in a groove 17 in theslide 17 a the said ends being retained in place by a plate 17 C securedto the outer face of the slide, the wires pass down on each side in. thegrooves 20 and through the curved passage 21 (dotted lines) passing outthrough openings 22 at the lower end oi the side walls 18 which projectbeyond side walls 2, 2 so that the wire lies outside of the side walls 2of the main chamber and then bent downwardly as at 2 1 and transverselyas at 23 across the bottom of the mold, the bends 24 cause the wire tohug the sides of the walls 2 and thus the wire is guided by said walls.

To the inner side of the slide 17 is secured a rod 25 which extendsupwardly and through an opening in the top wall of the auxiliary chamber17 and has a handle or knob 26 thereon to manipulate the same. The sidewalls 18 of chamber 17 have shoulders 18 which forms a limiting stop forthe slide 17 the face plate 17 c of which has notched corners 17 At thelower end of the auxiliary chamber a plate 27 having a horizontal flange28 is removably secured to the inner wall of said chamber, this plate isto be removed when cutting out the first piece of butter to make anopening in the tub of butter. It is then replaced and it then preventsthat edge from cutting into the mass of butter, after the first openingis made, then the wire and two sides of the cutter do the cutting andthis wall carrying the flanged plate 27 slides down closely against thewall formed by first cut and really forms a guide for cutting straight.

To operate the cutter first adjust the split clamp ring 11 on thecomputing chart at the marks indicating the amount of weight required,then push out the wire cutter as far as it will go, this being readilydone by placing the palm of the hand against the knob 26 and tips of thefingers against the top piece through which the rod 25 passes, then pushthe plunger which carries the computing chart, down as far as it willgo, the device is now ready to cut out the brick or block which is donein this manner. As the device is forced into the butter the plunger canbe seen rising and when not in position to be seen the user will know bythe pressure against his or her thumbs of the heads of bolts 8 which aspreviously stated project upwardly from the flat ring 9, the knob 26 isnow pulled upward carrying the slide 17 with it causes the transversepart 23 of the wire to cut off the block or brick of butter at its lowerend, the block of butter now within the mold cutter will be the weightrequired and the whole device can be removed from the tub the blockclinging to the mold from which it can now be discharged as desired bypushing down on the plunger 6.

It will be noticed that the transverse wire 23 performs the doublefunction of making first a vertical cut and then later of making ahorizontal out which separates the block of butter from the mass in thetub.

The plate or arm 14 may be made as a part of the split clamp ring 11 andthe end 15 is to project far enough outwardly to strike against the wallof the cutter and prevent the split ring from turning too far to theside; by this arrangement the cam lever will always be in position to bemanipulated.

I claim: -1 A butter cutter and mold consisting of box open at one sideand at one end, a cutting device made of a single piece of wirecomprising vertical members and a transverse member adapted to travelacross the lower end of the mold, and. guides for said vertical members.

2. A buttercutter and mold consisting of a box open at one side and atone end and adapted to be introduced into amass of butupper ends of thevertical members,- and guides for the vertical members. I,

3. A butter cutter and measurerconsisting of rear and side walls adaptedto be entered into a mass of butter and separate a part therefrom, aplunger adapted to slide within said walls, said plunger having acomputing chart thereon, an ejector secured to the lower en'd'of saidplunger and a signal device operated by vertical movement of saidplungerf- 4. A butter cutter and measurer,consisting of rear and sidewalls adapted to be entered into a mass of butter an'd 'separate aparttherefrom, acutting wire] adapted to be moved across the lower ends ofsaid walls, a plunger having a computing chart thereon and slidingvertically within said walls, an adjustable gage ring mountedjon saidplunger to regulate'weight, and a signal device mounted on said cutteradaptedto be oper- V ated by said gage'ring. r

5. A butter'mold open at one side and at its bottom, in combination witha cutter consisting of a singlepiece of wire'fcomprising' a horizontaltransverse-bottom member and vertical side memberssaid vertical membersadapted to travel'in curved grooves, and said transverse memberad aptedwi -aver straight across the lower end of the mol' 6. A buttercutterand'mold side and the bottom and adap troduced into a mas ofbuttei a part therefrom lunger adap to slide in said mold, a sing ecutting wi omprising vertical members an'd a'transve m'ember adapted'totravela'cros's' the 1o ed e of the mold, *a' -sli"l e:mounted on Salmold and carrying saidfvertical member "and means for operatingsaidis'lide.

7. A butter cut-teiiand en at one to be ineparate rear and side wallsada'te'dtobe entered separate a par-t into a mass of butter; therefrom, asingle cu tt' ng wi're adapted to travel across the'lower plungeradaptedito slid itliinl saidc means for indicating the .q antit to becut, means'f'or limiting'jth of the plunger," and means for travel ofthe cutting wire across he 5 ends of the wall in a straight line -to c oseparation of theblo ck of butter fro mass.

' DAviD pecan Witnesses: i MAUDE Dixso v, R. M. ARMOUR.

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